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Trial By Error: My Letter about MUS to the British Journal of General Practice http://www.virology.ws/2019/05/06/trial-by-error-my-letter-about-mus-to-the-british-journal-of-general-practice/ 6 May 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH Reuters reporter Kate Kelland informed me in January that my habit...

ME Association: Forward ME and Oxford Brookes University Announce Results of Patient Survey on CBT and GET in ME/CFS | 03 April 2019 https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/04/forward-me-and-oxford-brookes-university-announce-results-of-patient-survey-on-cbt-and-get-in-me-cfs-03-april-2019/ Lady...

Well, he’s got the first sentence wrong - Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), later named myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) - The name ME was in place years before CFS was invented.

Regarding the use of the term “malingerer”, a couple of quotes from “Magical Medicine: How To Make A Disease Disappear” by Professor Malcolm Hooper might be of interest – http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2010/magical-medicine_hooper_feb2010.pdf Page 84 - On 20th October 2001 “Pulse” ran a...

For further details of the 2001 conference held in Oxford entitled “Malingering and Illness Deception Meeting”, see page 2 of “ME: who is attacking whom?” by Eileen Marshall and Margaret Williams - http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2005/me-who-is-attacking-whom.pdf

The Myth of “It’s All in Your Head” https://depaulmagazine.com/2019/03/14/the-myth-of-its-all-in-your-head/ March 14, 2019 DePaul scientists work to unravel the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome By Abby Pickus In 1980, a high school English teacher from Wisconsin named Pat Fero went on a...

From “Magical Medicine: How to make a disease disappear” by Professor Malcolm Hooper - http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2010/magical-medicine_hooper_feb2010.pdf Page 12 - there is evidence of abnormality of adrenal function, with the size of the glands being reduced by 50% in some cases Page...

Moderator note: threads on the one study merged. The Atypical Hypothyroidism in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Plus a New Thyroid Subset? https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/03/04/hypothyroid-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-thyroid-ntis/ Cort Johnson Problems with the thyroid – the “gas...

Psychology & Health: Perfectionism and beliefs about emotions in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and their parents: a preliminary investigation in a case control study nested within a cohort Maria E. Loades, Katharine A. Rimes, Kate Lievesley, Sheila Ali & Trudie Chalder Received 18...

ME was mentioned on The One Show on Tuesday – it’s on YouTube at - - starting at 22.27 minutes in. Don't shoot the messenger!

[I found this of interest, as my ME was triggered by a Hepatitis B vaccination that I was required to have as a student nurse.] https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/02/pregnancy-m-e-and-vaccination-concerns-with-dr-charles-shepherd-15-february-2019/ “Dear ME Association, I’m 7 months’...

http://www.virology.ws/2019/02/12/trial-by-error-bmj-amends-last-weeks-pace-article/ Trial By Error: BMJ Amends Last Week’s PACE Article 12 February 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH Last Wednesday, the UK Health Research Authority released a letter reviewing its analysis of the PACE trial. Members...

Moderator note: Merged threads. Trial By Error: A Bit More About Bristol’s Investigation 1 February 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH http://www.virology.ws/2019/02/01/trial-by-error-a-bit-more-about-bristols-investigation/ Yesterday I reported that Bristol University, at the request of the UK...

Merged thread MEA Summary Review: US study of onset patterns and course of illness in ME/CFS https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/01/mea-summary-review-us-study-of-onset-patterns-and-course-of-illness-in-me-cfs-29-january-2019/ 29 January 2019 Charlotte Stephens, Research Correspondent, ME...

Trial By Error: My Six-Month Review 22 January 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/22/trial-by-error-my-six-month-review-2/ So it’s time again to review my work and figure out what I’ve been doing. My crowdfunding from last April has been covering my half-time position...

Merged thread Daily Mail: 'It's all in your head': Half of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome claim they are dismissed by doctors who say the illness is psychological https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6580873/Half-patients-claim-dismissed-doctors.html Almost half of people...

Ten Ways To Prove That Exercising Will Not Cure ME/CFS https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2018/12/28/ten-ways-prove-exercising-not-cure-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ by Cort Johnson Your family, friends and even your doctor may, probably will at some point, prod you to get moving. They think that...

I've often wondered the same thing.

A Holiday message from Dr. Ron Davis, 2018

Merged thread Could Poor Microcirculation Be Causing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? https://www.prohealth.com/me-cfs/library/poor-microcirculation-causing-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs-88729 The idea that the blood delivery system is causing the problems with energy production is not new...